NASA Photo ID: 61-MR4-76           File Name: 10073558.jpg
Film Type: 8x10                    Date Taken: 08/09/61
Title: Astronaut Grissom on level 3 in front of Liberty Bell 7 capsule
Description:
Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into
Liberty  Bell 7 spacecraft, poses for a picture. Backup pilot John Glenn is 
in the right corner of the view behind Grissom. The Mercury-Redstone 4
(MR-4)  mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather
over the  launch pad.                 
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS                              
CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT)             
INSERTION                               
LAUNCHING PADS                          
LAUNCHING SITES                         
MERCURY MR-4 FLIGHT                     
MERCURY PROJECT                         
SPACECRAFT                              

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